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"During World War I corn poppies bloomed in waste grounds of much of the Western front, where they provided a vivid reminder of the bloody battles that had so recently taken place there. The corn poppy is immortalized in the poem "In Flanders Fields" by Canadian poet and soldier Lt.Col. John McCrae.

Similarly, it is a symbol of the blood of Polish soldiers killed in the Battle of Monte Cassino in the Polish war song Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino (Red Poppies on Monte Cassino)."

Oh, Italy was fantastic - the Toscana is just a dream! And the Montepulciano area, which lies south of Siena and west of Lake Trasimeno, is one that corresponds with just about every Italy-cliché! I'd love to show you some of the pictures - I took over 600 of them - it's just that they won't fit on SP. Maybe I could post them to you elsewhere, like on Flickr for instance?
I'm back in Salzburg since two weeks; we've had quite a heat wave, and now I'm hoping that the rainy weather will rain itself really well out NOW and then leave me in peace when I'm back in Lech am Arlberg for the first week in August!
How are things going for you, Liba?
All the best to you,
Eric